One of my favorite books to read in the spring is Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski In the story Woolbur is a sheep who is not afraid of being different. This week we used this book to stress the importance of being different. Our Morning Meeting are only about 10 minutes a day so we really had to […]
Blogging…Going to Try This
So when we found out we were pregnant with TWINS a girl friend of mine suggested I start a blog about our soon to be crazy life. I mean come on 3 under 1.5 was sure going to be an adventure. So here we go the adventures of #LahockiPartyof6!! and if you were wondering the […]
Power of Reflection
My journey in becoming a National Board Certified Teacher really taught me the importance of reflection and how it can change your teaching. This morning I was reminded of that during our staff meeting. The focus for our meeting was the importance of diversity and embracing that diversity to meet the needs of our students. […]
10 Apples Up on Top
Yesterday we started talking about making 10. I love to start new math units with literature, this one was no different. We read 10 Apples Up on Top by Dr. Suess. You can also watch it on YouTube. Then as a class we used a ten frame to figure out how many more apples each […]
Gearing Up for the Aquarium
Next week we go to the Aquarium so this week and next we are going to be learning about aquatic animals. We started our unit off today by reading Swimmy by Leo Lionni. Here is how our study of this book will go. Day 1: read the story to the whole class with little discussion […]
Fancy Words in Writing
We have spent the last couple of days talking about “Fancy” words. These are words that make our writing interesting and add details. I introduced this topic by read Fancy Nancy and pointing the “fancy” words she used to describe different things she was doing. my kids were eating it up. Then we looked at […]
Accelerated Reader in the Classroom
Recently our PTA bought Accelerated Reader for the entire school. At first we were told we wouldn’t have to do much, but we quickly found out that kinders could not do it on their own. So after some brainstorming here is what we came up with. Instead of sending our kiddos to the media with […]
Diversity Day
Last Thursday we celebrated Diversity Day at my school. The kids had a great time and really enjoyed learning about different people who have changed history. Here is a recap of our lesson We had parents come in to help us talk about diversity and how their family is diverse. The kids loved to see […]
Gearing Up for Diversity Day
On Thursday we will be hosting our first cultural diversity day at school. We have parents coming in to help us lead lessons and promote diversity. First up how do you explain diversity to kinders. Earlier in the week our guidance counselor lead a lesson on being different. To get the kids interested in talking […]
Wintery Word Work
So with the long weekend I decided I would create some new word work games to get me through the end of the month. So here you go…read to the end for a freebie!!!Snowy Match-students read the word then add a “magic e”. They read the word again and match the word to the picture. […]